PBDD/F impurities in some commercial deca-BDE

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1375-1380

  Ren, Man ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Cai, Ying ^a   Chen, Deyi ^a   Zhou, Lin ^a   Chen, Pei ^a   Hu, Jianfang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated dioxins; DBDE; Formation mechanism; Impurity

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; BROMINATED DIOXINS; DBDE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLOBAL DEMAND; IMPURITIES IN; MOLECULAR ELIMINATION; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

ETHERS; IMPURITIES; MANUFACTURE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTADIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,7,8 HEXADIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 OCTADIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; ETHER; FORMATION MECHANISM; FURAN;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELIMINATION REACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BENZOFURANS; BROMOBENZENES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

TETRA;

EID: 79953907278     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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